September 2009
33 posts
Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box
Before long, and without intending it, I found that jewelry had become part of my personal diplomatic arsenal. Former president George H. W. Bush had been known for saying “Read my lips.” I began urging colleagues and reporters to “Read my pins.” It would never have happened if not for Saddam Hussein. When U.S....
Extraordinary Groups: How Ordinary Teams Achieve Amazing Results Two leading experts present a new approach to help teams nurture extraordinary experiences and excel Occasionally we participate in a group that inspires us to describe the experience as “powerful” or simply “wow.” Why are some teams described in such exceptional terms, while most are not? Bellman and Ryan...
College Handbook 2010
The only guide with all the accredited colleges in the United States-more than 3,800-including four-year, two-year, and technical schools!
This is the only guide available that contains objective information on every accredited college in the United States-2,100 four-year colleges and universities, and 1,700 two-year community colleges and technical schools. With its...
New Believer’s Bible NLT Featuring notes written by leading evangelist Greg Laurie, the New Believer’s Bible is designed to help new Christians understand and grow in their newfound faith. The New Believer’s Bible is perfect as a gift Bible for evangelism or for new Christians looking for an instructional and devotional Bible. It’s also ideal for mature Christians who...
What a Difference a Daddy Makes: The Indelible Imprint a Dad Leaves on His Daughter’s Life Study after study shows that fathers set up their daughters for success. Involved fathers—whether or not they live in the same house as their daughters—boost their daughters’ academic achievement, promote their emotional health, increase their compassion for others, and even bolster...
History Is Wrong Erich von Daniken again shows his flair for revealing the truths that his contemporaries have missed. After closely analyzing hundreds of ancient and apparently unrelated texts, he is now ready to proclaim that human history is nothing like the world religions claim and he has the proof! In History Is Wrong, Erich von Daniken takes a closer look at the fascinating Voynich...
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy This riveting narrative history of the end of the arms race sheds new light on the frightening last chapters of the Cold War and the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today. During the Cold War, world superpowers amassed nuclear arsenals containing the explosive power of...
Boys Should Be Boys: 7 Secrets to Raising Healthy Sons In Boys Should Be Boys, one of our most trusted authorities helps parents restore the delights of boyhood and enable today’s boys to become the mature, confident, and thoughtful men of tomorrow. Boys will always be boys–rambunctious, adventurous, and curious, climbing trees, building forts, playing tackle football, and pushing their...
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West The author recounts the successes and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. “No library of western/southwestern materials can be without this book…...
Eat This Not That! 2010: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution
Eat All Your Favorite Foods-And Watch the Pounds Disappear! Strip away 10, 20, 30 pounds or more-and take back control of your body, your health, your life! Eat This, Not That! 2010 is your up-to-date, authoritative guide to all your favorite restaurant and supermarket foods. You’ll be shocked to discover how you can save...
The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You: iPhone Photography by Chase Jarvis (Voices That Matter) A beacon of creativity with boundless energy, Chase Jarvis is well known as a visionary photographer, director, and social artist. In The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You, Chase reimagines, examines, and redefines the intersection of art and popular culture through images shot...
Gourmet Today: More than 1000 All-New Recipes for the Contemporary Kitchen Product Description In no other period of our country’s history has the food scene changed so rapidly. Exciting new ingredients are available everywhere, expanding our culinary horizons. Even casual meals have globe-trotting flavors. We want memorable dishes, and we want them to be healthy for our families and our...
The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society “An important and timely message about the biological roots of human kindness.” -Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape Are we our brothers’ keepers? Do we have an instinct for compassion? Or are we, as is often assumed, only on earth to serve our own survival and interests? In this thought-provoking book, the...
Odd and the Frost Giants In this inventive, short, yet perfectly formed novel inspired by traditional Norse mythology, Neil Gaiman takes readers on a wild and magical trip to the land of giants and gods and back. In a village in ancient Norway lives a boy named Odd, and he’s had some very bad luck: His father perished in a Viking expedition; a tree fell on and shattered his leg; the...
I Shudder: And Other Reactions to Life, Death, and New Jersey
A hilariously funny, touching, and revelatory book from one of America’s preeminent humorists In his plays, his screenplays, and his writing for the New Yorker and Premiere, Paul Rudnick has established himself as a comic master whose talents transcend genre. Now, in I Shudder, he trains his wickedly perceptive eye on...
The Americans In 1958, the first edition of Robert Frank’s The Americans was published in Paris. Les Américains contained Frank’s 83 photographs in the same sequence as all subsequent editions, with the image on the right hand page, but juxtaposed with historical texts about American society and politics, gathered by Alain Bosquet. The following year, in the first American edition,...
Setting Limits with Your Strong-Willed Child : Eliminating Conflict by Establishing Clear, Firm, and Respectful Boundaries Now You Can Effectively Parent Your Strong-Willed Child Does your child constantly misbehave and ignore or refuse your requests for proper behavior? Is your relationship with your child based on conflict instead of mutual respect and cooperation? With the help of this...
Memories, Dreams, Reflections An autobiography put together from conversations, writings and lectures with Jung’s cooperation, at the end of his life.
Last Man Standing: The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase In the midst of this disastrous economic climate, one executive has weathered the storm more deftly than any other: Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, considered the dominant fi gure on Wall Street. Dimon’s eleventh-hour acquisition, in 2008, of fl ailing archrival Bear Stearns stunned the world. Even more...
The Queen Mother: The Official Biography The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, grandmother of Prince Charles-and the most beloved British monarch of the twentieth century. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon-the ninth of the Earl of Strathmore’s ten children-was born on August 4, 1900, and,...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Ex* The sex education you never got: what to do when the sex is over-and you’re left with an Ex In 1969, David Reuben, MD, published his groundbreaking book Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex*. Forty years later, we know plenty about sex. The thing we’re so confused about, however, is what to do when the sex is over, and...
What Happy Working Mothers Know: How New Findings in Positive Psychology Can Lead to a Healthy and Happy Work/Life Balance A fact-based and proven approach to help working mothers rediscover happiness as they balance their duties at home and work Science and sociology have made great strides in understanding what makes us happy and how we achieve it. For working mothers who face endless demands...
Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future (and a Way to Get There from Here)
We’ve all heard stories of people who’ve experienced seemingly miraculous recoveries from illness, but can the same thing happen for our world? According to pioneering biologist Bruce H. Lipton, it’s not only possible, it’s already occurring. In Spontaneous Evolution, this world-renowned...
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The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard “More than one thousand compelling pages from one of the most haunting, cogent, and individual imaginations in contemporary literature.”-William Boyd J. G. Ballard should be recognized as one of the greatest and most prophetic writers in the world. Here, in his Complete Stories, readers can finally celebrate the unparalleled range and the...
Uncle Andy’s: A Faabbbulous Visit With Andy Warhol When James Warhola was a little boy, his father had a junk business that turned their yard into a wonderful play zone that his mother didn’t fully appreciate! But whenever James and his family drove to New York City to visit Uncle Andy, they got to see how “junk” could become something truly amazing in an artist’s...
The Autoimmune Epidemic From the foreword by Dr. Douglas Kerr, Director, Johns Hopkins Transverse Myelitis Center
“The Autoimmune Epidemic by Donna Jackson Nakazawa is an astounding book….It is the kind of book that will rivet you and scare you. It will make you angry. It will amaze you with the courage of some of the people described in the book…The Autoimmune Epidemic is...
True Compass: A Memoir Edward M. Kennedy is widely regarded as one of the great Senators in the nation’s history. He is also the patriarch of America’s most heralded family. In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Kennedy speaks with unprecedented candor about his extraordinary life. The youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose...
The BIG Black Lie: How I Learned The Truth About The Democrat Party A poignant yet hilarious narrative with his life as the backdrop for a black conservatives coming of age story. Readers are treated to an insightful journey through the eyes of a black kid who had many pressures to succumb to the victimology of Democrats. The product of a broken home, a deadbeat father and poverty, Jackson had...
Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know What do dogs know? How do they think? The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human. Inside of a Dog is a fresh look at the world of dogs — from the dog’s point of view. As a dog owner, Horowitz is...
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America The New York Times bestseller, and one of the most talked about books of the year, Nickel and Dimed has already become a classic of undercover reportage. Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that...
The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and The Struggle Elena: the golden girl, the leader, the one who can have any boy she wants. Stefan: brooding and mysterious, he seems to be the only one who can resist Elena, even as he struggles to protect her from the horrors that haunt his past. Damon: sexy, dangerous, and driven by an urge for revenge against Stefan, the brother who betrayed him....
The Lost Art of Gratitude: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel The sensational sixth installment in the best-selling chronicles of the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie. Isabel’s son, Charlie, is now of an age-eighteen months-to have a social life, and so off they go to a birthday party, where, much to Isabel’s surprise, she encounters an old adversary, Minty Auchterlonie, now a...
August 2009
214 posts
I Drink for a Reason After a decade spent in isolation in the Ugandan jungles thinking about stuff, David Cross has written his first book. Known for roles on the small screen such as “never-nude” Tobias Funke on Arrested Development and the role of “David” in Mr. Show With Bob And David, as well as a hugely successful stand-up routine full of sharp-tongued rants and...
Fundamentals of Nursing Comprehensive, logically organized, and now easier to read, this market-leading fundamentals text provides you with up-to-date coverage of nursing principles, concepts, and skills. The book’s nursing process framework, critical thinking emphasis, health promotion focus, and thorough coverage of acute and continuing care in all settings help prepare you for nursing...
Hole’s Human Anatomy and Physiology Learn. Practice. Assess. Hole’s Human Anatomy and Physiology was created for the introductory level student and assumes no prior science knowledge by placing emphasis on the fundamentals. This new edition updates a great A&P classic while offering greater efficiencies to the user. The format for the 12th edition focuses on Learning Outcomes and...
Textbook of Medical Physiology: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access Physiology’s classic text continues to uphold its rich tradition-presenting key physiology concepts in a remarkably clear and engaging manner. Guyton & Hall’s Textbook of Medical Physiology covers all of the major systems in the human body, while emphasizing system interaction, homeostasis, and pathophysiology....
The House of God: The Classic Novel of Life and Death in an American Hospital Now a classic! The hilarious novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your doctor never wanted you to know. Six eager interns — they saw themselves as modern saviors-to-be. They came from the top of their medical school class to the bottom of the hospital staff to serve a year in the time-honored...
Outrageous Advertising That’s Outrageously Successful: Created for the 99% of Small Business Owners Who Are Dissatisfied with the Results They Get When a sprinkler malfunctioned at a Baltimore menswear store, three inches of water sat on the floor and much of the merchandise was wet. The owner, the author of this book, could have done the normal thing and sell the wet merchandise to a...
Rhino Ranch: A Novel In this poignant and striking final chapter in the Duane Moore story, which began in 1966 with The Last Picture Show, Pulitzer Prize- and Oscar-winning author Larry McMurtry takes readers on one last unforgettable journey to Thalia, Texas, a town that continues to change at a breakneck pace even as Duane feels himself slowing down. Returning home to recover from a near-fatal...
The Irony of American History “[Niebuhr] is one of my favorite philosophers. I take away [from his works] the compelling idea that there’s serious evil in the world, and hardship and pain. And we should be humble and modest in our belief we can eliminate those things. But we shouldn’t use that as an excuse for cynicism and inaction. I take away … the sense we have to make...
Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East Though it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades, from the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to the ongoing intifada, is a direct consequence of those six days of fighting. Michael B. Oren’s magnificent Six Days of...
The Mediterranean Diet Scientists have discovered that traditional Mediterranean cuisine is one of the most healthful, nutritious diets in the world — one that can help everyone lose weight and enjoy lower rates of coronary heart disease and other chronic conditions, including diabetes and cancer. From tasty Moroccan vegetable stew to rosemary focaccia, from eggplant parmesan to lemon...
Germany 1945: From War to Peace 1945 was the most pivotal year in Germany’s modern history. As World War II drew to a devastating and violent close, the German people were confronted simultaneously with making sense of the horrors just passed and finding the strength and hope to move forward and rebuild. Richard Bessel offers a provocative portrait of Germany’s emergence from...
Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations Most people don’t expect you to understand what we’re going to tell you in this book. And even if you understand, they don’t expect you to care. And even if you care, they don’t expect you to do anything about it. And even if you do something about it, they don’t expect it to last. We do. – Alex and...
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy Develop your own counseling style using Corey’s bestselling THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY. You will see the major theories of counseling (psychoanalytic, Adlerian, existential, person-centered, Gestalt, reality, behavior, cognitive-behavior, family systems, feminist and, and postmodern approaches) as they are used in...
Student Study Guide for Biology This printed learning aid provides a concept map of each chapter, chapter summaries, word roots, chapter tests, and a variety of interactive questions including multiple-choice, short-answer essay, labeling art, and graph-interpretation questions.
Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust How to tap the power of social software and networks to build your business In Trust Agents, two social media veterans show you how to tap into the power of social networks to build your brand’s influence, reputation, and, of course, profits. Today’s online influencers are web natives who trade in...
Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Abyss Following a trail of clues across the galaxy, Luke Skywalker continues his quest to find the reasons behind Jacen Solo’s dark downfall and to win redemption for the Jedi Order. Sojourning among the mysterious Aing-Tii monks has left Luke and his son Ben with no real answers, only the suspicion that the revelations they seek lie in the forbidden reaches of...
A Better Man: True American Heroes Speak to Young Men on Love, Power, Pride and What It Really Means to Be a Man The journey from childhood to manhood is a difficult time in every boy’s life, and never has this transition been more challenging than it is today. In addition to the trials of peer pressure, hormones and popularity, young men must grapple with a culture that places enormous...